The match ended up being dominated by the Crew as Columbus defeated New York with ease, 31. This page was last edited on 31 December 2022, at 04:39. 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On 8 April 2015, Mexican side Club Amrica broke the all time CONCACAF Champions League match attendance record when a reported 66,208 spectators gathered at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City to watch Amrica play Costa Rican club C.S. With five MLS clubs and three Liga MX sides making up the quarterfinals of the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League, the stage is perfectly set to deliver the matchups we all want to see. [17][18], In the 2019 MLS Cup, Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders FC both overcame underdog status in their respective conferences to contest a third final in four years, this time playing at Seattle's home ground. [15] Real Esteli of Nicaragua failed stadium requirements and was replaced by another team for the 200910 and 201011 seasons. The official draw is set for Nov. 7 in Miami, Florida and will be conducted using a double-blind system and four pots. The Portland Timbers won the 2015 MLS Cup, defeating the Columbus Crew 21. Each round is still single-elimination. Eleven years ago, Real Salt Lake was on the brink of becoming the first MLS team to win the CONCACAF Champions League. ESPN/ABC and Fox alternate as MLS Cup Final broadcasters since 2015, with the MLS Cup 2019[22][23] on ABC, their first MLS match since 2008. The stalemate was not broken in regulation nor overtime, requiring penalty kicks to decide the match. Santos Laguna 61 Seattle Sounders FC (201112 Quarter-finals, first leg) Finally, the Los Angeles Galaxy wore the scudetto after winning the MLS Cup in 2011, ironically, it was the last team to do so. The tournament currently uses a knockout format; it had a group stage prior to the 2018 competition. The SuperLiga was an official North American association football competition between teams from the Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada, the top divisions in each country.The competition was sanctioned by CONCACAF, U.S. Soccer, the Canadian Soccer Association and Federacin Mexicana de Ftbol and served as the sub-regional championship for the North . Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Alajuela, Costa Rica, Wednesday, March 15, 2023 10:30 pm ET On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Monterrey 50 Sporting Kansas City (2019 Semi-finals, first leg). Violette AC (HAI) vs. Austin FC (USA) At least 40 players have won two MLS Cups, mostly for teams with sequential or near-sequential titles (D.C. 19961999, San Jose 2001 and 2003, LA Galaxy 2002 and 2005, and 20112012, and Houston 20062007). The competition has had several different formats over its lifetime. Still, five MLS clubs will be in the competition to represent the United States' top division, along with four from Mexico, three from Honduras, one from Haiti, one from El Salvador, one from Costa Rica and one from Panama. Going all the way back to 2008, Liga MX sides have won 34of the head-to-head matchups against MLS clubs and lost 11. This time the Revolution took on the Houston Dynamo. Estadio Olmpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes, CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Champions League records and statistics, CONCACAF Champions' Cup and CONCACAF Champions League, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_CONCACAF_Champions%27_Cup_and_Champions_League_finals&oldid=1130632351, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The "Season" column refers to the season the competition was held, and. In 1997, the second league cup final was contested at RFK Stadium, where United won back-to-back titles, a feat that would not be accomplished for another decade (when the Houston Dynamo won the 2006 and 2007 finals). Concacaf Champions League: Schedule released for Round of 16 By MLSsoccer staff @mls Thursday, Nov 17, 2022, 02:34 PM The five MLS teams who qualified for the 2023 Concacaf Champions. The current champions of the competition are Seattle Sounders FC, who defeated Pumas UNAM in the 2022 final. This page contains affiliate links. Typically, the award presentation is held on a podium in the center of the field, where the league commissioner will award the team with the cup. The winner of Major League Soccer's MLS Cup, the final match of the MLS Cup Playoffs, determines that season's league champion. Score was 22 aggregate after 90 minutes and extra time. Clubs may be disqualified and replaced by a club from another association if the club does not have an available stadium that meets CONCACAF regulations for safety. The most recent final was contested by Seattle Sounders FC and Pumas UNAM, won by the former 52 on aggregate. The Major League Soccer and MLS name and shield are registered trademarks of Major League Soccer, L.L.C. 27 Feb 2023 16:21:19 Thanks to a strike from Salt Lake's Robbie Russell, Salt Lake won their first major trophy. Known as Home Depot Center prior to the 2013 season and StubHub Center in 2014. The Major League Soccer and MLS name and shield are registered trademarks of Major League Soccer, L.L.C. From 2015 to 2022, all MLS Cup playoff games are televised on ESPN, Fox Sports, or Univisin networks. The Knockout Rounds will be placed in a fixed bracket to then compete in a single-game elimination format. The goal was scored off a Galaxy counter where Beckham fed a through ball to Donovan who slotted it past Hall. UniMs will air two exclusive playoff matches, while ESPN and its affiliated networks will split the rest of the contests including MLS Cup with Fox Sports. Four of the last six finals have been contested between two Liga MX sides, with no MLS club even reaching the championship game. MLS teams have participated in other continental competitions. A preliminary round was used to reduce the number of teams from 24 to 16. Following round-robin play, where each team will play every other club once with two home and two away matches, the two best clubs will advance to the Knockout Stage of the Concacaf Central American Cup. This is the final year of the current format before it expands to 27 teams in 2024. It is a very exciting time for the development of club football in Concacaf, added Montagliani. The match was Beckham's final MLS match. Only four MLS teams have even made it the 13 Champions League finals, and they were all defeated by a Mexican club at the final hurdle. [9] The Wizards had a better record, but did not qualify for the playoffs because they finished 5th in the Eastern Conference, in spite of an 8th-place overall record. The Sounders, despite a very poor start and mid-season managerial change, became the second team from the Pacific Northwest to win the cup, after Portland in 2015. The Rapids fell on the road to reigning Concacaf Champions League winners Seattle Sounders FC in their first match of the 2023 season. In the table below, teams are ordered first by the number of appearances in an MLS Cup Final, then by the number of wins, and finally by alphabetical order. Sign up here for MLS Season Pass through Apple TV and watch every MLS match, including the playoffs! Another season, another CONCACAF Champions League with pivotal battles between MLS and Liga MX clubs. Dynamo striker Joseph Ngwenya leveled things at one apiece in the 61st minute, and MLS Cup Man of the Match Dwayne De Rosario gave the Dynamo a 21 lead in the 74th. All last-16 match-ups will include two legs with an away goal rule determining tiebreakers. Through the 2011 season every MLS Cup had been played at a predetermined site (i.e., announced before the playoff participants were known). [13] The match went in the Revolution's favor early on, as the Revolution's captain, Twellman, netted in the 20th minute to give New England a 10 lead. Guadalajara won the penalty shoot-out 42. [48] The hottest MLS Cup final was the 2005 championship game played in Frisco, Texas at FC Dallas's Pizza Hut Park where the temperature was 75F (23C).[49][50]. The 2023 Leagues Cup Final and Third-Place Game, which will be played on Saturday, August 19, will determine three teams that will qualify for the 2024 Concacaf Champions League. Estadio Francisco Morazn San Pedro Sula, Honduras, LAFC go again: The important thing is, continue to be hungry", Power Rankings: St. Louis CITY soar, Toronto FC tumble after Matchday 1, LA Galaxy vs. LAFC rescheduled for July 4 due to inclement weather. W, D, L wins, draws, losses, GF, GA, GD goals for, goals against, goal difference, Biggest win: 6 goal margin The match was played in Canada at Toronto's BMO Field, the home ground of MLS club Toronto FC. The following table shows the number of MLS participants in the Champions League each season, as well as the number of MLS teams that have reached various stages in the knockout rounds. In all rounds, the tie-breaking method was two 15-minute periods of extra time, followed by penalty kicks if necessary. Interestingly, the last time a team from Major League Soccer won the CONCACAF Champions League was in 2000, with the Los Angeles. MORE: New England cough up 3-0 first-leg lead to Pumas. MORE: Premier League table, title & relegation battles. ABC previously had Spanish announcers under secondary audio program. Of the 27 clubs that will participate in the 2024 Concacaf Champions League, 22 will begin play in Round One, while five will receive a bye to the Round of 16. The 2023 Leagues Cup will involve 47 clubs from Canada, Mexico and the United States competing from July 21-August 19, 2023, from which the top 3 finishers will qualify for the 2024 Concacaf Champions League. MLS, Liga MX announce details for 2023 Leagues Cup. The return leg will be hosted by the best. In the 2005 final, the Revolution lost to the Los Angeles Galaxy, a rematch of 2002, in the final. In the end, the Rapids played FC Dallas for MLS Cup 2010, winning 21 in overtime. These teams contained several high-profile players including Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane, Gyasi Zardes, David Beckham and Omar Gonzalez. Seattle Sounders FC became champions in 2022, ending Liga MX's winning streak in the competition. For the first three MLS Cup finals, the winning team was awarded with the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy, named for Rothenberg's contributions to American soccer. If away goals are also equal, the game is decided by an immediate penalty shoot-out; there are no overtime periods.[4]. [6][7] After the Group Stage, the Championship Round are held from the Quarterfinal Round onward. For the 201516 tournament only, the Canadian berth into the tournament was given to the best Canadian team in the MLS regular season. This is the case of the 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2019 and 2020 recipients, who all scored game-winning goals, or assisted multiple goals for the winning side. Then, a newly expanded Champions League tournament was conducted starting in August 2008 and concluding in May 2009. Robinhood from Suriname hold the record for the most losses in the final, having been runners-up on five occasions (1972, 1976, 1977, 1982, and 1983). Winning the title has become the holy grail for the American and Canadian sides. The top three finishers in the Concacaf Caribbean Cup (Champion, Runner-Up and Third-Place Match winner) will qualify for the Concacaf Champions League. The following non-MLS teams will also compete in the 2023 tournament, the final year before a reimagined competition launches in 2024 with 27 teams and incorporates Leagues Cup qualifiers. The Seattle Sounders became the first MLS club to win the modern incarnation of the Concacaf Champions League last season, breaking a 13-year stranglehold on the competition by Liga MX clubs. The first four stages will include home and away play, while the Final will be played as a single leg match on a weekend date. This article is about the championship. Mexico and the United States are each allocated four berths, the most of any of CONCACAF's member associations, while Canada is granted one berth in the tournament. [33] The wild card entrants, seeded seventh through tenth, entered based upon their overall position in the overall league standings. The title has been won by 28 clubs, 13 of which have won the title more than once. Seattle Sounders FC defeated Toronto FC 54 in a penalty shoot-out after a scoreless match of 90 minutes regular time and 30 minutes overtime. Through the 2011 season, MLS typically announced the championship location either prior to the start of its respective season, or even a few weeks into the campaign. However, Liga MX won two of the matchups in the quarterfinals, including a wild comeback by UNAM Pumas against New England Revolution despite trailing 3-0 after the first leg. The MLS scudetto was originally a curved, triangular badge featuring a backdrop of the American flag behind a replica of the Alan I. Rothenberg MLS Cup trophy. For Mexico, the winners and runners-up of the Liga MX Apertura and Clausura tournaments qualify for the Champions League. 2 seed played the next lowest seed. At the start of the 2006 season, MLS created their version of the scudetto (Italian for "small shield"), a symbol worn on the jersey by the team who won the previous season's Serie A (the top Italian league). Stream soccer games from the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, MLS, and more. Seattle had two players carried off and others playing through pain during a physical and evenly played match. In the 41st minute, Galaxy striker Mike Magee scored, only for Salt Lake's Robbie Findley to make the tying goal in the 61st. Three trophy designs have been used for the MLS Cup: the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy from 1996 through 1998, a redesigned Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy from 1999 through 2007, and the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy since 2008. For the United States, three berths are allocated through the Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season and playoffs (the MLS Cup winner, the Supporters' Shield winner, and the other regular season conference winner); the fourth berth is allocated to the winner of its domestic cup competition, the U.S. Open Cup. Three Rapids players made their MLS and club debuts, as defenders Andreas Maxs and Alex Gersbach, along with midfielder Connor Ronan, all played their first minutes in Burgundy since joining Colorado this past offseason; Kevin Cabral also made his club debut . [33] The play-in games and Conference Finals were single matches, with the higher seeded club hosting. In 2011, the LA Galaxy won their 2011 MLS Cup match in their home stadium (Home Depot Center), 10, over the Houston Dynamo. All matches will include home and away series between the first round to the semi finals, with the Final being a single match at a neutral site[13]. Mexican clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories, with 36 titles in total. Vancouver Whitecaps (Canada/MLS) vs Real Espana (Honduras), Alianza (El Salvador) vs Philadelphia Union (U.S.), Vancouver/Real Espana vs Alajuelense/LAFC. After a four-year absence, United made their fifth trip to the MLS Cup final, playing against the Wizards for MLS Cup 2004. Here are the possible quarter-final games: The 2023 CONCACAF Champions League begins on March 7 and will go until June 4. They were the fifth MLS club to make it to the final, following Real Salt Lake in 2011, Montreal Impact in 2015, Toronto FC in 2018 and . Austin FC (USA) vs. Violette AC (HAI) The single table has yet been instituted, but in 2010 the league instituted a balanced schedule. In 1971, the runners-up of a few North American leagues began to join and the tournament began to be expanded, incorporating round-robin group phases and more teams. News, analysis, special offers, and more. 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